Dividing the Spoils - Tournament 1: Concluded

[Aetius39]

Weird, I refreshed several times and it still didn't show up. I finally closed down and restarted the game and then it popped up.

Karvon

Great: then it worked! Have a fun battle, you and Aetius! Met last round too, right?

Karvon and I are like the ancient version of WWII Germany/USSR rivalry^^

[kronenblatt]

deeter, one of Alexander's closest companions and satrap over the two-rivers region, has met death in Baktriane, far far away from his court in Babylon. But the battle still rages on, despite the C-in-C's death.

The ranks of Diadochi is steadily growing thinner and thinner, with a new generation taking over, the Epigoni.

Diadochi still alive: Karvon, Blagrot, Aetius39.
Epigoni ruling as second generation: batesmotel, rbodleyscott, kronenblatt, deeter.

[batesmotel]

Challenges for rbodleyscott's and kroneblatt's invasions of Persis posted. Passwords are your usernames.

Chris

[kronenblatt]

kronenblatt beat deeter in Baktriane 66-36, plus (as mentioned above) deeter's C-in-C met death during battle.

So now it's time for the original invasion of Baktriane, that of batesmotel's...

[deeter]

I think it's time for the diadochi of the West to step up and die for their countries as well. Come join the growing ranks of the undead empires.

Deeter

[kronenblatt]

Don't know about you guys, but to me it's key to get an overview in these tailor-made armies of how my own and that of my "enemy" compare, unit wise.

So I've created an Excel file (downloadable HERE), where two satrapy armies are presented side-by-side. Just change satrapies in the dropdown menus of cells B1 and C1 and you'll get an overview of the two satrapy armies' units. Hopefully useful, even if it doesn't present stats, etc., for the units.

[rbodleyscott]

Challenges for rbodleyscott's and kroneblatt's invasions of Persis posted. Passwords are your usernames.

Chris

Sorry about the delay in starting this Chris. I did not receive a PM.

[kronenblatt]

kronenblatt beat Batesmotel in Baktriane 62-26.

Through this victory and that over deeter in Baktriane earlier this round, kronenblatt retains control over Baktriane and also gains control over Hyrkania.

[kronenblatt]

kronenblatt beat Batesmotel in Persis 67-54.

Through this victory, kronenblatt's coalition partner rbodleyscott gains control over Persis.

[kronenblatt]

Hello guys. How is the Battle Resolution phase progressing in this round?

The attack declarations were as follows:
batesmotel attacks kronenblatt in Baktriane from Hyrkania using the army of Persis, with the aid from deeter and his army of Media.
rbodleyscott attacks batesmotel in Persis from Karmania using the army of Gedrosia, with the aid from kronenblatt and his army of Paropamisadai.
Blagrot attacks Aetius39 in Armenia from Kappadokia using the army of Thrake and Illyrian allies, with the aid from Karvon and his army of Aigyptos and Kyrenean Greek allies.

Three remaining battles to be concluded are:
3. rbodleyscott attacks batesmotel in Persis using the army of Gedrosia.
5. Blagrot attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Thrake and Illyrian allies.
6. Karvon attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Aigyptos and Kyrenean Greek allies.

Battles to be concluded by January 9, 2021 at latest (due to Christmas and New Year's holidays).'

(Continue to) enjoy!

[Karvon]

6. Karvon attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Aigyptos and Kyrenean Greek allies.

Results in a 38-30 draw in favor of the defending Armenians.

[kronenblatt]

6. Karvon attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Aigyptos and Kyrenean Greek allies.

Results in a 38-30 draw in favor of the defending Armenians.

Thanks for report, Karvon! Then there's only two battles remaining to be concluded this round:
3. rbodleyscott attacks batesmotel in Persis using the army of Gedrosia.
5. Blagrot attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Thrake and Illyrian allies.

[rbodleyscott]

Thanks for report, Karvon! Then there's only two battles remaining to be concluded this round:
3. rbodleyscott attacks batesmotel in Persis using the army of Gedrosia.

My apologies. Christmas intervened and I forgot to view the finished game report.

rbodleyscott (Gedrosia) defeated batesmotel (Persis) 46:14

[kronenblatt]

Thanks for report, Karvon! Then there's only two battles remaining to be concluded this round:
3. rbodleyscott attacks batesmotel in Persis using the army of Gedrosia.

My apologies. Christmas intervened and I forgot to view the finished game report.

rbodleyscott (Gedrosia) defeated batesmotel (Persis) 46:14

Thanks, Richard! So one remaining battle this round:

5. Blagrot attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Thrake and Illyrian allies

which will determine who will control Armenia. Blagrot needs to win. Aetius39 needs to not lose.

[kronenblatt]

In the next tournament of Dividing the Spoils (not this one) I will introduce a couple of changes to the rules:

1. Declaration orders will be determined by incurred (i.e., suffered) casualties, and the lower the value, the earlier the declaration. (Currently inflicted casualties are used.) (Still the highest value, if the player's having fought more than one battle, and still as represented by routing percentage in upper-left corner at end of battle.)
2. A player's Force Points (FP) in a round's battle(s) will be adjusted somewhat by his incurred casualties in the battles of the previous round, as follows: 1600 plus (20 minus highest incurred casualties the previous round), basically the same adjustment that is used in #1 to determine order of declarations. (Currently FP are fixed at 1600.)
3. A player defending against several enemy coalition partners will be able to gain the attacker's satrapy-at-stake, if he's the victor in at least one of the battles and the loser in none. (Currently he needs to be victor in all battles.)

The above will apply for The Year of Many Emperors (with exception for #3) and The West is No More too.

[rbodleyscott]

What, if anything, is happening?

[kronenblatt]

What, if anything, is happening?

Due to Christmas and New Year holidays there is a four-week period of Dec. 12 - Jan. 9 to conclude battles.

And Blagrot and Aetius39 are finalising the remaining battle as we speak, I believe.

[Aetius39]

Aetius39 defeats Blagrot 66-41

Game was close, and went down to the last few turns, gg!

[kronenblatt]

Many thanks for reports, everyone.

Battle results in round 4 (317 BC):
1. batesmotel attacks kronenblatt in Baktriane using the army of Persis: kronenblatt defeats batesmotel 62-26.
2. deeter attacks kronenblatt in Baktriane using the army of Media: kronenblatt defeats deeter 66-36.
3. rbodleyscott attacks batesmotel in Persis using the army of Gedrosia: rbodleyscott defeats batesmotel 46-14.
4. kronenblatt attacks batesmotel in Persis using the army of Paropamisadai: kronenblatt defeats batesmotel in 67-54.
5. Blagrot attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Thrake and Illyrian allies: Aetius39 defeats Blagrot 66-41.
6. Karvon attacks Aetius39 in Armenia using the army of Aigyptos and Kyrenean Greek allies: Karvon draws with Aetius39 30-38.

This concludes round 4 and leaves the political situation as follows:

Round 4 (317 BC) - satrapy control changes
rbodleyscott gains control over Persis from batesmotel.
kronenblatt gains control over Hyrkania from batesmotel.
(Aetius39's draw with Karvon and win over Blagrot makes him retain control of Armenia.)

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[kronenblatt]

Round 5 (316 BC)

Order of attack declarations
1. kronenblatt 67% (Jan. 8 )
2. rbodleyscott 46% (Jan. 9 )
3. Aetius39 66% (Jan. 10 )
4. batesmotel 54% (Jan. 11 )
5. deeter 36% (Jan. 12 )
6. Blagrot 41% (Jan. 13 )
7. Karvon 30% (Jan. 14 )

Existing coalitions
Karvon and Blagrot
deeter and batesmotel
rbodleyscott and kronenblatt

Diadochi or Epigoni?
Diadochi still alive: Karvon, Aetius39
Epigoni ruling as second generation: batesmotel, rbodleyscott, kronenblatt, deeter, Blagrot


Some aspects from coalitions on attack declarations (from the rules in the second post of this thread):

• For the purposes of determining the order, the order of all partners within a coalition vis-a-vis all the other players in the tournament is based on the partner within the coalition with the highest level of inflicted casualties from battles in the previous round, and the order within the coalition is determined by each coalition partner's maximum level of inflicted casualties from battles in the previous round.

• The partners in a coalition can during any given round in total only make as many attacks as the number of partners in that coalition minus one.
  • As a result, one of the coalition partners will not be able to make an attack announcement in any given round.
  • Example: If there are two partners in a coalition, only one of them can announce attacks that round.

Announced attack declarations
1. kronenblatt attacks batesmotel, using the army of Paropamisadai and requesting the aid of his coalition partner rbodleyscott. Attacker stakes: Hyrkania. Defender stakes: Parthyaia.
2. rbodleyscott assists kronenblatt using the army of Gedrosia with Indian allies.
3. Aetius39 attacks Blagrot using the army of Armenia. Attacker stakes: Armenia. Defender stakes: Kappadokia.
4. batesmotel assists deeter using the army of Parthyaia.
5. deeter attacks rbodleyscott, using the army of Media and requesting the aid of his coalition partner batesmotel. Attacker stakes: Media. Defender stakes: Persis.
6. Blagrot assists Karvon using the army of Makedonia.
7. Karvon attacks deeter, using the army of Aigyptos with Kyrenean Greek allies requesting the aid of his coalition partner Blagrot. Attacker stakes: Syria. Defender stakes: Mesopotamia.